MLton comes with the following ML Basis files available.

  • $(SML_LIB)/basis/basis.mlb

    The Basis Library.

  • $(SML_LIB)/basis/basis-1997.mlb

    The (deprecated) 1997 version of the Basis Library.

  • $(SML_LIB)/basis/mlton.mlb

    The MLton structure and signatures.

  • $(SML_LIB)/basis/c-types.mlb

    Various structure aliases useful as ForeignFunctionInterfaceTypes.

  • $(SML_LIB)/basis/unsafe.mlb

    The Unsafe structure and signature.

  • $(SML_LIB)/basis/sml-nj.mlb

    The SMLofNJ structure and signature.

  • $(SML_LIB)/mlyacc-lib/mlyacc-lib.mlb

    Modules used by parsers built with MLYacc.

  • $(SML_LIB)/cml/cml.mlb

    ConcurrentML, a library for message-passing concurrency.

  • $(SML_LIB)/mlnlffi-lib/mlnlffi-lib.mlb

    ML-NLFFI, a library for foreign function interfaces.

  • $(SML_LIB)/mlrisc-lib/...

    MLRISCLibrary, a library for retargetable and optimizing compiler back ends.

  • $(SML_LIB)/smlnj-lib/...

    SMLNJLibrary, a collection of libraries distributed with SML/NJ.

  • $(SML_LIB)/ckit-lib/ckit-lib.mlb

    CKitLibrary, a library for C source code.

  • $(SML_LIB)/mllpt-lib/mllpt-lib.mlb

    MLLPTLibrary, a support library for the MLULex scanner generator and the MLAntlr parser generator.

Basis fragments

There are a number of specialized ML Basis files for importing fragments of the Basis Library that can not be expressed within SML.

  • $(SML_LIB)/basis/pervasive-types.mlb

    The top-level types and constructors of the Basis Library.

  • $(SML_LIB)/basis/pervasive-exns.mlb

    The top-level exception constructors of the Basis Library.

  • $(SML_LIB)/basis/pervasive-vals.mlb

    The top-level values of the Basis Library, without infix status.

  • $(SML_LIB)/basis/overloads.mlb

    The top-level overloaded values of the Basis Library, without infix status.

  • $(SML_LIB)/basis/equal.mlb

    The polymorphic equality = and inequality <> values, without infix status.

  • $(SML_LIB)/basis/infixes.mlb

    The infix declarations of the Basis Library.

  • $(SML_LIB)/basis/pervasive.mlb

    The entire top-level value and type environment of the Basis Library, with infix status. This is the same as importing the above six MLB files.